"I'm watching you because you're a known criminal! How dense can you possibly be?" K-9 snaps. "And who's to say you aren't helping us for your own personal gain? Perhaps you're a Sub-Zero, or maybe even Zero himself. Until I find absolute proof you weren't involved, you and Sette are the most suspicious."

"Though I gotta say, I can't agree with your thinkin'. You knew who me an' Sette were. A game like this takes resources, time, effort - you think we had any o' that to spare?" Ben asked. " 'sides, you've seen the odds stacked against Sette. Seems pretty clear to be he was brought here ta be punished. Guys like us have no reason to hold a thing like this, we've no motive."

"Hm... It seems most of us feel fairly comfortable with this decision."

"I wonder... I have been reflecting on the room denominations. Thus far, it seems as though each room name, like 'rest' for example, has been a rather oblique way of chronicling the contents of each room. In the rest example, the room was the sleeping quarters."

"I bring this up because it is quite interesting to see the names 'me' and 'them.' I would believe that those are a part of Zero's game. Perhaps Zero is implying he is behind the 'me' door. I do not understand how this could be the case, but it would make sense to me. The 'them' door would then be from Zero's perspective as well, perhaps denoting the rest of us."

"Jim said he was in some kinda quantum computer. Mebbe 'Me' means that? 'f we think of the doors as from his perspective." Ben said. "As fer 'Them'... well, we still ain't figured out what the deal was with Pod A. Who's to say there ain't other people here too?"

"Well sure! Of course! But whether it's true or not is immaterial. Your great great grandfather was heavily featured in the story of that room, and perhaps Zero will tell us the story of himself in the room we are about to enter."

"Though, if I may ask before we have to split up, did anyone have any thoughts as to who Zero is? They may be the only person standing between us and freedom. Now that we've played the last major AB game, it would be good to know who we can trust."

Unity says this as matter-of-factly as she can, but you can sense her judiciousness with which she decides to introduce it. She nervously brushes dirt of her clothes.

"It would just be wise to maybe talk about it here, where we are relatively safe."

Jacob tensed up as they talked about the possibility of the "Me" room containing a computer with the AI. "Well if that room does have tech in it then you had best let me in there then. I might be able to crack something in there?" He suggested.

"As for Zero...well Settes the only one with his full memory so unless it's him it's fair to say Zero wiped their own memory too so it could be anyone." He tossed things around in his head for a bit "Nah there's too much I don't know about many of you to really make a judgement."

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You thought you could be safe in your courts, with your laws and attorneys to protect you. In this world only I am law, my word is fact, my power is absolute.

"That is true, I suppose. Zero is perhaps currently unable to understand their position in the game. But they may still have incentive to hurt us, right? Even without their memories of being Zero. Additionally, we've had people remember events as we have read articles or seen certain things. We are going through a set of doors that are likely to remind Zero who they are. Which means perhaps this is our last chance to discuss it in our innocence."

Ben considered Trix's room proposal blankly for a short while. "Makes sense to me, Trix my man." He eventually said. " 's only a theory, but, a theory's more than we'd otherwise have. Can't think of a reason not to let ya go to the Me door, so may as well do it that way."

"Alright then! If you've all decided on this, then it's time to get going to your rooms!"

The players all assemble by the two doors. They put their hands on the devices and the doors open. They all step in, doors closing after them. This seems to be their last chance to escape. Will they really be able to do so? Still so many questions remain- who is Zero? Who are the Sub-Zeros, if there are multiple? Who is this mysterious serial killer? Why were they brought to this facility? Yet, the only choice they have is to investigate what lies behind these doors… 'Me', and 'Them'.

[Please check your QTs for your rooms. Phase Change occurs in 4 days after this message.]

[By the way, something very important just popped up which I was unfortunately not able to predict, so I should inform you all that from tomorrow till the 27th, I shall not be available here from 12:00 AM EST to about 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM EST. Please make Not of this, as I will not be able to perform my activities as GM during this time. Due to this sudden revelation, Phase Change has been delayed by 6 hours as well. My sincerest apologies to everybody.]

In the main hall, the pod room door opens, and 4 people come out. They're the people who went into the Me door- Unity, Trix, Ben and K-9. They stand in front of the room, looking puzzled. At the same time, the mural on the floor of the main hall opens somewhat like a trapdoor, and the 3 other remaining players crawl out- Gemini, Sette and Leeloo. They start to stand up and take in their surroundings. It seems that they're all okay, but they still appear nervous. The cause of this is apparent- the exit door. Their only available exit, standing in front of them...and this is their last chance to use it. At most, 2 people can escape now- if even possible. After this...who even knows what will happen to them?

[Discussion Phase starts now. Phase Change occurs in 48 hours. You can use this phase to escape if possible as well.]

"We were in a place that looked kinda like a prison with four cells... but there wasn't much there except this book."

Sette pulls out a small book and continues, "It looked like it was a list of everyone that had worked at this base back in the day. It was mostly just a bunch of German and Japanese soldiers, but there was Japanese guy whose image was circled in red... and I swear he looked kinda like Abbot. It might be just a coincidence though, since he apparently died while protecting the base, and his body wasn't recovered. But since he was circled, he's probably important somehow..."

"Takeru Korida... I don't know Jack about that name." Ben said regretfully. "My research into this base was pretty specific, I didn't much care for other details. Who'd 'a thought it'd turn out to have been useful..."

"Ah, well we received a lot of information in our room as well. We know that this place is in the Antarctic, and that it is where Quarter was doing research. We are not sure what exactly her research was on, but perhaps it was on something called "espers," who during times of danger or epiphany, are able to use psychic powers, which might have something to do with the dangers of this game."

"We also found out that doc sent the girlie over ta Claudia, who'd said she'd wanted an assistant." Ben said. " 'pparently Leeloo's a prodigy, one o' the best in her field. Mean anythin' to ya?" He asked Leeloo. "Dunno if you actually reached her or what, but mebbe you can tell us more about her research here."

"Oh! An' we also found this ol' DVD o' yours." He added, holding up a copy of the Emoji Movie. "Sure brings back mem'ries, this does."

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